Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-11-09

AUSTIN, MINI
Epitome Of the w eek.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
DOMESTIC. Sss.as.,ess...s.5 sszssss
THE entire business portion Of Lsmonte.,
Mo-, was destroyed by fire on the 31st ult
Snow fell all through the southwestern
portion of Virginia on thei31stiult
AMANDA JOHNSON tco,ored}, living near IN
dtanapolis, Ind, received information on
the 3lgt ult to the effect that abe had fallen
heir to valuable plantation IN Kentucky
and large sum Of money, left her7 by her
old master In slavery daya
THRSE buildings In St Louis were
wrecked on the night OF the 91st ult BY a
mysterious explosion, and six persons were
killed and three others were seriously in
jured sR7rsl
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND on the 31st ult re-
8 ceived the peace commissioners from Great
Britain, who desire his cooperation In Sc
curing treaty between that country and
the United States which shall provide for
the amicable settlement Of disputes by ar
biIaton.
A COTTON mill at Exeter, N H., was dam
aged by fire on the 3lst ult to the extent of
800, 600 ...s
TIE receipts of the Government for o.
tober amounted to $31 1903, 172 and the ex-
penditures to 81, 474. $50, being an excess
: of receipts of $l9, 1928, $40. 1922
ONE of the mills OF the American Cotton
seed Oil Company at Cincinnati was des-
troyed by fire on the 31st ult, the loss
reaching 100000
WHILE crossing the Vandalia railroad
track west of Indianapolis, Ind ON the 31st
ult carriage containing Herman Hugo
and Dr.. A. ]. Miller was struck by freight
locomotive and both men were killed
AN audacious thief on the 31st ult stole
$500 from the Office of the park COM
missioners in Buffalo, N. Y, during the
temporary absence of the official in charge
and made good his escape.
AN explosion on the 3lst ult in the At
lant,c dynamite works near McCainsville, N
j., wrecked one Of the packing houses and
instantly killed four men.
By runaway on the 31st ult at St Jo-
seph, Mo-, two men and lady were thrown
from wagon and fatally injured
AT Cincinnati on the S1st ult Mrs Katie
Miller threw her nine-year-old daughter
from q third-story window and Instantly
leaped after her, and both were killed The
woman was insane
WHILE Maggie Sherman (colored) was tes-
tfying in court on the 31st ult at Air
mount, Miss, against Sell Boyle twhite),
charg ng him with an indecent assault. the
prisoner rose and shot her through the
heart with a revolver, killing her instantly,
and then made his escape
WILLIAM SHALER, of Ithaca n Y, blew
his wife's brains out with pistol on the
31st ult and then sent bullet through his
own brain. Domestic trouble caused the
deed
In report on the 31st ult to the Sec
Rotary OF War, General Duane, chief of en-
g1neers, points to the necessity for improve
= ments in our sea-coast and lake-front de-
lenses, and estimates that it will require
1924, 600 to put them in proper con-
dition
The public-debt statement on the LIST
shows the total debt to be 81, 675. O76,715:
cash in treasury, 500, 75s. 7O4; debt less
cash in treasury, 81 ,23s, 692, FOL Decrease
during October, SIG, 633. 500. Decrease
since June 80. 1887. $40, 1856, O35.
HENRY MnLER's two little children were
burned to death at Oakland, Neb, on. the
1st The parents were not at home and the
little ones set the house on fire.
ADv1cEs Of the LIST say that George King,
living near Lamara, La. , gave dance and
r supper at his res dence, and soon after the
i feast all the guests were taken Violently
sick, and seven had died and twenty others
were dangerously i'll. How the food be-
came poisoned was mystery:
5 LOUIS L1NGG, Adolph Fischer and George
Enge three of the condemned Chicago An
archists, sent letters to Governor Oglesby
on the LIST demanding their liberty or death
Dro
Z. neers adjourned their convention in Chicago
z on the LIST, after session of nearly two
weeks.
AS THERE is no money with which to pay
for the expenses of the necessary surveys
and examinations, the action OF Congress
last session for the distribution of lands in
: severalty to Indians can not now be carried
into effect $3.50
MAMIE ADAMS. daughter of Raw F. W.
Adams, of Elkhart, Ind, committed suicide
by poison on the LIST because of some false
gossip she had heard concerning herself
ALFRED STONE, of Chicago, one of the
crew of the steamer Vernon recently
wrecked on Lake Michigan, IND the only
one Of the fifty persons on bo1rd known to
have been saved, arrived in Sturgeon Bay,
Wis, on the 1st h was found on 1 raft
where he had been fifty hours without food
( by the Producers Protective Association
and the Standard Oil Company, went into
effect on the 1st and, it was alleged, would
continue eighteen months
GOVERNOR OGLEsBY, of Illinois, on the LIST
4 issued a proclamation designating Thurs
day, November "a, as day of Thanksgiving
In his annual report on the LIST the Gov
ernor of Alaska puts the value of the tax
& able property of the Territory at 81 O. OOO.-
600. The white population numbered only
3 five thousand
THE house of T. s. Oliver, at East Fork,
Ark, was destroyed by fire on the LIST, and
i his three little grandchildren, who were
alone in the building, persisted in the
flames,
TIE winter packing season opened in
Chicago on the LIST Hogs were plenty at
1 the stock yards, and the best droves were
fifty cents per hundred pounds higher than
"a y ar ago.
AN engine exploded near Hack Berry,
Cal, on the 1st killing Engineer Schroeder,
Fireman Long and Brakeman Trapp. -
THE strike of the union book and job